dangerous

dan-ger-ous · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Able or likely to cause harm, injury, or damage.

  2. 2.

    Involving or causing risk or peril.

  3. 3.

    (Of a person) likely to cause problems or be unpredictable.

Related words

Antonyms: harmless, safe, secure
See also: danger, dangerously, hazard
Synonyms: hazardous, perilous, risky, unsafe

Etymology

From Old French dangeros, from dangier meaning "power to harm." The suffix -ous indicates "full of" or "characterized by."